Gods of the Earth

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Gods of the Earth
Gods of the Earth cover
Studio album by The Sword
Released Flag of the United States April 1, 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Doom metal
Heavy metal
Stoner metal
Length 47:48
Label Kemado Records
Professional reviews
The Sword chronology
The Sword/Witchcraft split
(2007)		 Gods of the Earth
(2008)

Gods of the Earth is the second studio album by heavy metal band The Sword, released on April 1, 2008. On January 28, 2008, the album was leaked onto the internet, more than two months before its retail release. However, the leak lacked the track "The Frost Giant's Daughter."

The album's first single was "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians," which was released on March 18, 2008. A music video for "Maiden, Mother & Crone" was aired on Headbanger's Ball on MTV2 on April 12, 2008.

The song "To Take The Black" is about the Night's Watch, who are characters from George R. R. Martin's "A Song Of Ice And Fire" series of fantasy novels.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Sundering" - 2:07
  2. "The Frost-Giant's Daughter" - 5:02
  3. "How Heavy This Axe" - 3:06
  4. "Lords" - 4:56
  5. "Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians" - 3:29
  6. "To Take the Black" - 4:41
  7. "Maiden, Mother & Crone" - 3:59
  8. "Under the Boughs" - 4:57
  9. "The Black River" - 5:52
  10. "The White Sea" - 7:20
  11. "Untitled Bonus Track" - 2:27
    • The bonus track contains the acoustic parts of "To Take the Black"

[edit] Personnel